Cutter



March 16 1926.

' J. VOLESKE CUTTER Filed June 19, 1924 Patented Mar. 16,

UNITED STATES JOHN VOLESKE, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

CUTTER.

Application filed June 19, 1924. Serial No. 721,110. p

Z '0 all who-m it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN V ocusnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Portland, county of lilultnomah, State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cutters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to cutters in general, and particularly to cutters adapted to shear off the ends of wires left when splicing wire cables and the li re. The object of my invention is to provide a. cutter that will be convenient to use, simple in construction, strong, and easily applicable to the cable. I accomplish the above objects by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which is a part of this application for Letters Patent, like characters of reference indicating like parts through out the several views thereof, and in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my device.

- Fig. 2 is a plan view of the stationary aw.

Fig. 3 is an end view of the same.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the movable jaw.

Fig. 5 is an end view of the same.

In general my device consists of a pair of pivotally connected jaws, one of said jaws havinga lever handle, and the other of said jaws having a gear segment; a lever handle pivoted upon said jaw handle, and having thereupon a gear segment adapted to mesh vith said former gear segment to operate said jaws; and cooperating knives upon said j one of said knives being provided with an anvil to support the wire being cut.

The stationary jaw 6 is provided with a handle lever 7, and also with a hinge lug 8, there being a space therebetween. A knife 9 is mounted upon the lower face of the jaw 6, which jaw is recessed so that said knife may be flush with said jaw upon the bottom thereof, as shown in Figs. 1 and 8, and is secured by countersunk screws as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

The movable jaw 10 is provided with an arm 11 having a gear segment 12 thereupon, and also a hinge lug 13, there being a space between said hinge lug and said arm. A knife let is secured upon said jaw 10 similarly to the manner of securing the knife 9 upon the jaw 6 before described.

When assembled the arm 7 occupies the space between the arm 11 and the lug 13, and the arm 11 occupies the space between the arm 7 and the lug 8, and in this position the jaws are pivotally connected by a suitable pin 15.

that aportion of the knives at the left of the hinge lugs is left unobstructed by said lugs, so that a wire may be passed through the knives at this portion unobstructed, as shown in Fig. 1.

The exposed edge of the knife 9 adjacent the knife 14, is grooved to form thereupon a cutter 19 and an anvil 20, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The anvil is for the purpose of supporting the wire While it is being cut, and thus preventing it from bending over the cutter 19 and wedging between said outter and the cutter 20 of the knife 14:, which latter cutter enters the slot in the knife 9.

A stop to limit the closing motion of the knives is provided in the form of an arm 21 having threaded thereinto a screw 22 adapted to contact with the handle lever 7, as shown in Fig. 1. V

In use the knives are opened, and the device placed upon the cable splice as shown in 1, with the wire to be cut extending upwards between the open knives, as shown. The handle levers 7 and 16 are then brought together, causing the cutter 20 of the knife 17 to enter the slot in the knife 9, thus severing the wire between the cutters 19 and 20 close to the cable. I

Having'described my invention what I claim as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a cutter: a pair of jaws; coacting knives upon said jaws, one being grooved to form a cutting edge and an anvil thereupon, and to receive the other within said groove; an arm and a lug upon one of said jaws; a handle and a lug upon the other of said aws adapted to coact with said arm and said former lug to form pivot supporting means: and a pivot mounted within said means and parallel to said knives and said. groove.

In witness whereof I claim the foregoing as my own I hereunto afiix my signature at Portland, county of Multnomah, State of Oregon, this 24th day of May, 1924.

' JOHN VOLESKE. 

